gold prospecting
Mining for treasure
Gold prospecting is the search for gold deposits, typically by individuals working streams, rivers, or exposed rock rather than large mining operations.
The classic image involves panning—swirling sediment in water to isolate heavier gold flakes—but prospecting also includes metal detecting and test drilling.
He spent his retirement gold prospecting in the Sierra Nevada foothills.
- panShallow cooking vessel
- pay dirtValuable ore deposit
- sluiceGated water conduit
- metal detectorDevice sensing buried conductors
- dredgeUnderwater excavation apparatus
stake a claim · classifier · forty-niner · old timer · boomtown · boom and bust · mineralization · bedrock · claim staking · environmental impact · river basin · land surveying · return on investment · nugget · fault line · sedimentary rock · mother lode · creek bed
- adventure writingsurvival stories, sea voyages, polar exploration, jungle exploration, desert crossings
- geologic surveysfield survey, aerial survey, land survey, fieldwork, field work
- Metal Detectingmetal detecting, metal detector, coil, discriminator, sensitivity
gold prospectingindustrial mining
Large-scale mineral extraction operations
strip mining · gold production · gold refining · underground mining
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